Catamenial sack



(No Model.)

W. R. 81; G. STEINMETZ.

GATAMENIAL SACK. No, 415,475. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VlLlilAM R. TEINMETZ AND CORNELIA S"EINMETZ, 01. BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND. I

CATAMENIAL SACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,47 5, datedNovember 19, 1889.

Application filed July 8, 1889. Serial No. 316,763. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, VILLIAM R. STEIN- METZ and CORNELIA STEINMETZ,citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCatamenial Bandages, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an antiseptic catamenial bandage to be worn byladies during their menstrual period, as will be hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is a view of. the pad and the supporting devices. Fig. 2 is a top viewof the absorbent pad. Fig. is a section of the pad. Fig. l is a view ofthe pad-holder and protector. Fig. 5 is a view of the belt. Fig. 6 is aview of one stretching-strap.

The absorbent pad D comprises an outer case of suitable thii'i-wovenmaterial, like cheese-cloth, and a cheap highly-absorbent stuffingcomposed of alternate layers of raw cotton a and wood fiber 1)impregnated with a suitable antiseptic solution. This pad is soft, andthe stuffing will resist a putreseent tendency of the secretion to beabsorbed. At each end of the pad is a cord-loop c.

The cover B may be made of sheet-rubber, oil-cloth, or other waterproofmaterial, preferably sheet-rubber, (nursery-cloth.) This cover isprovided on opposite sides with openings or eyelets (Z (Z to receive thestrings (Z (1 At each end of the cover is an eyelet 6, through which theloop-strings c of the pad pass, and on the outside take around thebuttons ff on the straps g g of the cover, said straps havingbutton-holes 71. 71v at their ends, which engage with buttons f f on thestraps g 9 said straps being suspended from the belt C, as shown inFigs. 1 and 5. The belt 0 fits around the womans body above the hips,and has front and back suspension-straps g g and side straps 7.1. Thefront and back suspension'straps g have a button f, to which the endstraps g of the cover B are attached. The front suspension-strap gpasses loosely through a metal loop Z, secured to the belt 0, and has aslide-buckle m, for the purpose of lengthening and shortening, so as toadjust the position of the pad-holder B. The side suspension-straps 70pass down the hips and connect with the thigh-straps E and keep them inproper position, for the purpose already stated.

Beside the use indicated, the bandage may be used to receive thedischarge accompanying child-birth and in genito-nrinary diseases.

Having described our invention, we claim In a catamenial sack, thecombination, with the body-belt 0, having at its front a metal loop Z, aholder or cover 13, in which is remov ably secured the absorbentantiseptic pad D, of the thigh-strap E, secured to cover B, the backstrap 9 and front strap 9', connected to opposite ends of cover B and tothe front and back of belt 0, and the side straps 7.1 k, attached to thethigh-strap and body-belt, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in the presence of twowitnesses.

VM. R. STEINMETZ. CORNELIA STEINMETZ.

Witnesses:

EDW. RAINE, E. F. LEYH.

